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Διήμερο εργαστήριο: Plautus Doctus: Plautine Comedy and its Intellectual Context (20-21/6/16)

Η Σουηδική Πρεσβεία στην Αθήνα διοργανώνει Διήμερο εργαστήριο (20-21/6/16) με θέμα: Plautus Doctus: Plautine Comedy and its Intellectual Context

This workshop aims to re-examine Plautus' work as the first extant witness of Rome's early republican milieu and explore various cases through which Plautine comedy offers an invaluable understanding of contemporary intellectual and cultural issues and debates. Papers by specialists in the field (30 minutes long, followed by 20-minute discussion) will address various themes, such as: literary influences upon Plautine comedy; concepts on Roman identity; Greekness and Roman audience's reactions; Plautus' dialogue with literary genres; religious, social and popular beliefs reflected in Plautine comedy.

Speakers include:
Ariana Traill (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Chrysanthi Demetriou (Cyprus), Emilia Barbiero (New York) , Evangelos Karakasis (Ioannina), Gesine Manuwald (UCL), Ioannis Konstantakos (Athens), Katerina Philippides (Patras), Ruth Caston (Michigan), Seth Jeppesen (Brigham Young), Sophia Papaioannou (Athens).

If you are interested in attending the meeting or you have any questions, please contact the organisers, Chrysanthi Demetriou () and / or Sophia Papaioannou (). Attendance is free but it will be useful to have an idea of numbers.

Swedish Institute at Athens
Mitseon 9, 117 42 Athens, Greece